Police detain a man after he scales the Elizabeth Tower in Westminster on Saturday morning.

Traffic around the Palace of Westminster in London came to a standstill for much of Saturday as emergency crews tried to reach a man who climbed the Big Ben tower holding a Palestinian flag.

LONDON (AP) — A man was arrested early Sunday after he climbed the Big Ben tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London while barefoot and holding a Palestinian flag.

Emergency services have been called to the Palace of Westminster, where a man has scaled one of the buildings carrying a Palestinian flag. Video shared on social media shows a barefoot man stood on a ledge several metres up Elizabeth Tower,

Emergency services have been called to the Palace of Westminster after a man holding a Palestinian flag climbed up Big Ben tower

A man with a Palestinian flag has climbed part of Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London. Police and crews from the London Fire Brigade are at the scene.

A man has been charged by police after scaling Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London on Saturday. Daniel Day, 29, of Palmerston Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, has been charged with causing a public nuisance and trespassing on a protected site after climbing onto the clock tower,

Emergency services were outside Palace of Westminster in London on Saturday after a man holding a Palestinian flag climbed onto Big Ben tower, police said.View on euronews